While reading chapters 9-11 of What the Eyes Don’t See the similarities I would say that I see between my home state and flint is rarely focusing on problems in minorities. In chapter 9 the author mentions a lot about ,the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, how certain events hurt the entire city of Flint, but in particular minority families. The author mention the sit-down strike and how workers refused to work for 44 days; she mentions Governor Frank Murphy as being “the first justice to ever use the word racism in a Supreme Court opinion. I believe that everywhere is racism, but in Mississippi it is suppressed and not fully resolved.
In chapters 9-11 the author goes over the history of Flint and she is surprised by her findings. Although, she is a doctor, she is not a scientist. I think many people find information outside of their jobs and to their surprise, its subject that are hurting their communities and families. In Horn Lake there was an issue, where there was E.coli in the water, the difference between Flint and Horn Lake is the Governor and city officials took proper precautions to maintain the safety of the community and they found a resolution to the problem with in a week.
I think through-out chapters 9-11, the information the author needed was established. I also think that the similarities with a lot of cities and important people in those cities is that, no one knows everything. The author being a doctor didn’t know that Lead was a relevant problem with more than just being in an older house; she could have never guessed that lead would be present in the water system. Along with the situation in D.C. no one knows about the history of the city or state until something drastic occurs and forces them to take certain measures.